This page documents the work of the Astrophysics Collaboration. 1. Variable Star Projects
2. Astroimaging Projects
3. Exoplanet detection project Summer 2009 Research
Advisor/Mentor 1: Professor Chris Howk
Advisor/Mentor 2: Professor Grant Mathews
Graduate Fellow 1: Kate Rueff
Graduate Fellow 2: Michelle Dolan
Graduate Fellow 3: Joe Ribaudo (Through June)
Lead Teacher 1: Aaron McNeely
Lead Teacher 2: Caroline Fletcher
HS Student 1: Nick Glass
HS Student 2: Greg Neeser
Astroimaging Project Description:
We will be imaging planetary/star nebula, red giants, and colliding galaxies. We will be using the remote access to New Mexico and the CCD camera to take multiple pictures to obtain our data. It is our hope that the photos will aid in the research of colliding galaxies and binary red giants.
The ideal outcome would be to develop a lab that encourages students to interpret, and analyze data that is collected. With this, they will hopefully begin to understand the processes that are required for scientific research, and how original data is processed
1. Variable Star Projects
2. Astroimaging Projects
3. Exoplanet detection project
Summer 2009 Research
Table of Contents
Discipline: Astrophysics
Advisor/Mentor 1: Professor Chris Howk
Advisor/Mentor 2: Professor Grant Mathews
Graduate Fellow 1: Kate Rueff
Graduate Fellow 2: Michelle Dolan
Graduate Fellow 3: Joe Ribaudo (Through June)
Lead Teacher 1: Aaron McNeely
Lead Teacher 2: Caroline Fletcher
HS Student 1: Nick Glass
HS Student 2: Greg Neeser
Astroimaging Project Description:
We will be imaging planetary/star nebula, red giants, and colliding galaxies. We will be using the remote access to New Mexico and the CCD camera to take multiple pictures to obtain our data. It is our hope that the photos will aid in the research of colliding galaxies and binary red giants.
Project 1 Wiki Address:
http://nderc.wikispaces.com/Astro
Project 1 Anticipated Outcomes:
The ideal outcome would be to develop a lab that encourages students to interpret, and analyze data that is collected. With this, they will hopefully begin to understand the processes that are required for scientific research, and how original data is processed
Astro Imaging Presentation
The pictures that were taken by the CCD camera were in a ".fits" format. To process the images we used iris, which has a free download: http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm
Exoplanet Detection Presentation